By Lee Welling Image by diversepixel Sinjon’s skin crawled when he first heard it. The pained cry of a wounded animal, perhaps? A sound that was at once both familiar and otherworldly. Everything about this place, he found… Continue Reading
By Matt Cantor image by RetroClipArt “Don’t take too long eating, dearie!” Bruce’s mother called. “You don’t want to be late for school!” Bruce wasn’t going to be late for school. He’d never been late for school. He… Continue Reading
By Nicholas Zielinski Image by xusenru Max’s weight obsession started with a comment. He and Ryan Beaumont, his agent, were discussing Max’s career when Ryan grabbed Max’s stomach and said, “This is your problem.” “Hands off,” Max deadpanned.… Continue Reading
By Adam Ostaszewski Image by 3000ad The gentle hum of turbines lulled the passengers of the CW-48 space lift to sleep. One of them, Robert Smart, struggled with fatigue. He spent the first part of the journey to… Continue Reading
By Michael Fowler Image by Ivilin Wheatley caught his first glimpse of the family as he finished mucking out his goat barn. The four of them, all wearing red hoodies, were slowly treading down the narrow road, really… Continue Reading
By Louis Evans Image by Scharfsinn So. The Svalmen have always been renowned as the wisest and most warlike among men, and the most blessed. Did not the gods, in the frozen age before they made the world,… Continue Reading
By Evan Kaiser Image by Lecter Eight jobs since parole. Free and clear! The same caper, again and again. Bots on the outskirts, prime targets, their homes especially vulnerable to swift raids. Obviously. Why hadn’t I ever thought… Continue Reading
B. A. Varghese Image by GrandeDuc Frank woke up and jolted back in his seat. His heart pounded in his skull, and his vision focused off the blur and onto the two men in black before him. This… Continue Reading
By R. C. Capasso Image by DM7 “You will help me, Tenrec?” Ginaya’s voice was soft, low. I wanted to, and she knew it. Oh, she had no special psychic sense but she was beautiful as only a… Continue Reading
Image by TheDigitalArtist By Lenny Levine When it first happened at the Glenford Technologies employees’ Christmas party, Gus Wilson assumed it was because he was drunk. Well, not exactly shit-faced, falling-down drunk, at least not yet, but pleasantly… Continue Reading